Now I Get It
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14 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 14 critical, out of 57 comments about the project. Thread score -0.01.
Execution: 2 for, 8 againstIdea: 6 for, 1 againstPricing: 3 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 against
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Interactive layout is useful for visual learners
From 2 comments
Great work OP. This is super helpful for visual learners and for starting to onboard one's mind into a new domain. Excited to see where you take this. Might be interesting to…
cdiamand on HNThis is neat! As an academic, this is definitely something I can see using to share my work with friends and family, or showing on my lab website for each paper. Can’t wait to…
BDGC on HN
Impressive that it is fully auto-generated from a PDF
From 1 comment
I think this is extremely impressive if it's totally auto-generated. Is there any human guidance or is it completely automated - PDF in, web page eventually out?
RagnarD on HN
Objections
Generated explanations contain errors and poor-quality code blocks
From 2 comments
I picked the “Attention is All You Need” example at the top, and wow it is not great! Didn’t take long to find hallucination/general lack of intelligence: > For each word, we…
relaxing on HNhttps://nowigetit.us/pages/8cf08b76-c5bc-4a7b-bdb4-a0c15089e0db.html The actual explanation (using code blocks) is almost impossible to read and comprehend.
eterps on HN
Daily limit reached too quickly
From 3 comments
I tried to upload a 239 KB pdf and it said "Daily processing limit reached".
lamename on HN"daily limit reached" on first attempt :/
hackernewds on HNGreat solution! but... Error Daily processing limit reached. Please try again tomorrow.
filldorns on HN
Output style feels like generic Claude design
From 2 comments
One can smell Claude's touch with these reactive teaching material. Not quite unexpected, every sane teacher uses Claude's artefacts to teach, but not all it spits is useful for…
larodi on HNMan. I know you just made this for your own convenience, and all the big LLMs can one-shot this, but if you found a way to improve on the bog-standard LLM "webpage" design…
mpalmer on HN
Requests
Light mode
From 1 comment
A light mode would be great. I know that many people ask for a dark mode for the reason that they think that a light mode is more tiring than a dark mode but for me it is the…
throwaway140126 on HN
Self-hosting option
From 2 comments
I’d love if this can be self-hosted, but i understand you may want to monetize it. I’ll keep checking back.
Vaslo on HNcan i spin this up myself? is the code anywhere? thanks!
enos_feedler on HN
Zotero integration
From 1 comment
Have you considered going down the route of integrating this with citation managers like zotero? To me that's where the benefit lies. Sure to do a deep dive on a single paper…
ifh-hn on HN
Handle cited references
From 1 comment
Nice job. I have no point of comparison (having never actually used it) - but wasn't this one of the use-cases for Google's NotebookLM as well? Feedback: Many times when I'm…
vunderba on HN
Questions
How is understanding evaluated versus just feeling understood
From 1 comment
How do you evaluate whether users actually understand better, rather than just feel like they do?
swaminarayan on HN
Are documents hashed and results cached
From 1 comment
Are documents hashed and the results cached?
croes on HN
Alternatives named
NotebookLM
From 1 comment
Nice job. I have no point of comparison (having never actually used it) - but wasn't this one of the use-cases for Google's NotebookLM as well? Feedback: Many times when I'm…
vunderba on HN
Emergent Mind
From 1 comment
Neat! I've previously used something similar: https://www.emergentmind.com/
ukuina on HN